Topic: [Resolved] How To Limit/Hide The "Friends" Tab Only To Account Owner & Admin?

[Resolved] How To Limit/Hide The "Friends" Tab Only To Account Owner & Admin?

@rizingsun

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

Greetings folks.

I would like to limit access to the “Friends” tab on a user’s page to the account owner and the admin?

Plus how can I hide the friends tab (in the same way “Messages” and “Settings” are only viewable for an account owner)?

Any idea how to do that?

For example, when you click on a BP user’s page, you see the “Activity”, “Profile”, “Friends, “Groups” tabs.

How can I remove the “Friends” tab from that area, and only allow access to the account owner (like “Messages” and “Settings”?

This is basically a privacy issue that I’m worried about.

Any help would be appreciated.

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@bphelp

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

You can use this tutorial http://wpmu.org/how-to-add-profile-privacy-to-buddypress/
its meant for profiles but it can be adapted for friends. Follow it exactly but instead of putting

3. Edit your theme file to include the friendship check:
To restrict profile info, open up /members/single/profile.php and add this at the top of the page:

add that code in 3. instead to /members/single/friends.php

You may also want to change the test in 2. step to:
You must be friends in order to access users friends.

@rizingsun

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

Thanks @bphelp !

I’m trying to make it so that a user’s “Friends” tab is only visible to that specific user (like “Settings” and “Messages”).

I think your advice would still enable a user’s friends to see their other friends.

Is there any way to make it so that the a user’s “Friends” tab is only visible to said user?

@bphelp

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

I already tested the advice I gave you and if you click on a users friends tab that you are not friends with it displays the message “You must be friends in order to access users friends.”
I am sure there is someway to build upon that function so it only displays the friends tab if you are friends with that user.

@rizingsun

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

Thanks @bphelp

But my intent is that the “Friends” tab should not be visible to anyone except the account user (like “Settings” and “Messages” tabs are only visible to an account user).

Even if you’re friends with a user, you should not be able to see his other friends.

Complete privacy.

I would like to make the “Friends” tab a private setting. Is there any way to do that?

@sbrajesh

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

You Can put this code in your bp-custom.php and It will take care of your issue

`
add_action(‘bp_friends_setup_nav’,’bpdev_custom_hide_friends_if_not_self’);

function bpdev_custom_hide_friends_if_not_self(){
if(bp_is_my_profile()|| is_super_admin())
return ;

bp_core_remove_nav_item(‘friends’);

}

`

hope that helps.

@rizingsun

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

Wow @sbrajesh !

That seems to work! Thank you very much!

@sbrajesh

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

No problem. You are most welcome 🙂

@bphelp

Participant

11 years, 9 months ago

Great job @sbrajesh !
@ishanna

Participant

11 years, 4 months ago
Hallo @sbrajesh !

I tried use code:
```
add_action(‘bp_friends_setup_nav’,'bpdev_custom_hide_friends_if_not_self’);

function bpdev_custom_hide_friends_if_not_self(){
if(bp_is_my_profile()|| is_super_admin())
return ;

bp_core_remove_nav_item(‘friends’);

}
```
I copied and pasted the code into the ‘bp_custom.php’ file but it did not work for me.
I’m new to wordpress, html, php and css but I seem to find my way til now. Some advise please? I really need this option to work and I can’t find a plugin that cover this.

Kind regards,
@aces

Participant

11 years, 4 months ago

@ishanna

Could your problem be a copy/paste error?

You appear to be using ‘ and ’ – they should all be '

@ishanna

Participant

11 years, 4 months ago

@aces

Yes! Thank you, it works. 😀

@leighgregg

Participant

10 years, 2 months ago

Hello,

Is this still a viable script? I have tried it, but I get no effect.

Pobpob.com

I have changed the friends to connections in translation, but I guess that isn’t going to effect the core elements here.

Many Thanks

Leigh

@danbp

Participant

10 years, 2 months ago

@leighgregg,

you jumped into an over 18 mounths old thread titled How To Limit/Hide The “Friends” Tab and you speak about translation….
Please open a new topic and give details about your issue, BP version and theme.